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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Bluffs Birder on March 17, 2012, 12:11:51 AM

Title: Rosetta McClain Gardens and Bellamy Ravine, Toronto
Post by: Bluffs Birder on March 17, 2012, 12:11:51 AM

This morning I birded the Gardens and found the following 23 species:

Canada Goose, Mallard, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Ring-billed Gull, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, American Crow, Tree Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, American Robin, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing, Song Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle and House Sparrow.

At Bellamy Ravine (Doris McCarthy Trail) I added the Following 2 species to the list:
Cooper's Hawk and Winter Wren.

Walter

Title: Re: Rosetta McClain Gardens and Bellamy Ravine, Toronto
Post by: Whittam on March 18, 2012, 04:03:24 PM

Good find on the Tree swallow Walter........  that is an early one!  I also love the Winter wren song!  I hope it was singing for you.  C u at Rosetta soon.  Cheers Terry

Title: Re: Rosetta McClain Gardens and Bellamy Ravine, Toronto
Post by: Bluffs Birder on March 18, 2012, 06:27:18 PM

Hey Terry,

Oh it did, it was singing away as it foraged along the bank of the creek in the ravine.

See ya soon,
Walter

Title: Re: Rosetta McClain Gardens and Bellamy Ravine, Toronto
Post by: Leslie Kinrys on March 18, 2012, 10:00:32 PM

Hi Walter,

We were by Rosetta today. Besides the birds you already saw, we can add 1 Brown Creeper, 2 Double-crested Cormorants, 5 Red-breasted Mergansers, 2 Buffleheads, 2 Long-tailed Ducks.